Improved mode of lacing boots



UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE. l

FRIEDRICH BORCHARDT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVED MODE OF LACING BOOTS.

Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No. 52,954, dated March 6, 1866.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Beitknown that I, FRIEDRICH BoItoHARD'r, of the city of Washington and District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Athe Mode of Lacing Ladies7 Boots, and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and t0 the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of adjustable fastenings on each side of the boot to hold the lacer Wit-hout tying it in a knot, and a center .buckle for holding the lacer in loops, so that they do not hang down loosely and dangle about the feet.

Figure l represents a boot with the fastenings and buckle; Fig. 2, a half-section ofthe boot, exhibiting the tongue and buckle. Figs. 3 and 4 are the fasteners, and Fig. 5 the buckle or clasp. v

A represents a boot; B, the lacer; C, the tongue; D, lthe fasteners; E, the clasp, and G the pin that locks the clasp.

The fasteners D have eyes H at each end, by which they are sewed onto the boot near the top. The fasteners are triangular-shaped, their broad ends front, and have a curved groove and ilange, J, in which an adjustable plate, K, operates upon its pivot L. The end of the plate that falls into the 'groove J has a ratchet-edge, M, for the purpose of holding thelacer B when the lacer is fitted into the anged groove J.

E is the heart-shaped clasp, having a slot through its center lengthwise, so as to clasp and lock upon the pin Cr that is also attached to the tongue C.

When the boot is laced tightly to the top., instead of tying the lacer, as usual, in a knot, Which is frequently troublesome to open, the ends of the lacer are drawn through the groove J, and the ratchet end M of the plate K falls into the groove and presses tightly against the lacer B, holding it permanently. rI he ends ofthe lacer are then doubled or looped across the top of the boot, when the clasp E is closed over them and fastened upon the pin Gr, and the loops are held tightly and prevented from dangling about, giving the boot a neat J. FRANKLIN REIGART, JOHN S. HoLLINGsHEAD. 

